Sense About Science (SAS) experts challenge celebrities' scientific assertions but back Olympic swimmer.
Jeanne Kirkpatrick and Thomas Enders accused of secretly agitating against Britain on Argentina's behalf.
Parody that ups comedy content over hardcore porn may avoid court action over copyright by Universal.
Move follows UN ordering non-essential staff out over fears Seleka Coalition about to take CAR’s capital.
Italy's former PM Silvio Berlusconi keeps hold of his business empire and mansion.
Newtown school massacre, Costa Concordia, Syria, Egypt: striking pictures that went to heart of year's big stories.
Victim has suffered brain injury and has stomach and lung infections.
Barack Obama set to meet congressional leaders at White House as optimism wanes and deadline looms.
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is serving a life sentence in Cairo's Tora prison.
CCTV footage shows moment giant fish tank shatters at Orient shopping centre.
Nicaragua government warns volcano unstable but 1,500 villagers defy evacuation order.
Trains run the 1,425 miles between Beijing and Guangzhou at average speed of up 186mph.
Uncompromising Christmas message lays blame for violence against women on the victims.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Pussy Riot, Bashar al-Assad and Francesco Schettino among the 12 people who made the headlines in 2012.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to announce formal entry into active politics.
Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital in Pretoria and is recovering at home.
US President Barack Obama had cut short his Christmas holiday in Hawaii to resume talks in Washington over how to avoid the 'fiscal cliff'.
US president during first Iraq war, 88-year-old Bush suffering from persistent fever.
Muslim Brotherhood president talks of economic development as opposition questions legitimacy of vote.
The former US president George H W Bush has been in intensive care since Sunday with what a spokesman has called a 'stubborn fever'.
Venezuelan officials tell Turkish daily about Assad's letter seeking asylum.
Abe says he will form stable government with seasoned hands in his cabinet.
Blast at entrance to CIA office in Khost kills three civilians.
Pope Benedict XVI calls for ending bloodshed in Syria.
Stage now shifts to parliamentary elections in about two months where another confrontation between Muslim hardliners and liberals is on cards.
Gunman lures firefighters by setting ablaze a house and then opens fire at them.
Top Roman Catholic cleric in Palestine, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, says occasion marks both birth of Jesus and Palestinian State.
Unofficial tally of referendum votes gives 64 percent Yes vote for draft constitution but opposition cries foul.
Woman and funeral parlour owner arrested for creating fake identity for corpse.
Father Christmas celebrated in very different ways